Information about the package, zerofree, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The zerofree package is designed for, Utility to force unused ext2/3/4 inodes and blocks to zero.
Package Name:
zerofree
Summary:
Utility to force unused ext2/3/4 inodes and blocks to zero
Description:
zerofree is a utility to set unused filesystem inodes and blocks of an ext2/3/4 filesystem to zero. This can improve the compressibility and privacy of an ext2/3/4 filesystem. This tool was inspired by the ext2fs privacy (i.e. secure deletion) patch described in a Linux kernel mailing list thread. WARNING: The filesystem to be processed should be unmounted or mounted read-only. The tool tries to check this before running, but you should be careful.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the zerofree package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install zerofree
This command will install zerofree on the server.
yum remove zerofree
This command will un-install zerofree on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove zerofree, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove zerofree
This command will un-install zerofree on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove zerofree when using the -y flag.
yum update zerofree
This command will update zerofree to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove zerofree, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update zerofree
This command will update zerofree to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove zerofree when using the -y flag.
yum info zerofree
This command will show you core information about the zerofree package.
yum deplist zerofree
This command will show you the dependencies for zerofree. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update zerofree
This command will check if there is an update waiting on zerofree. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.